I agree with Pradeepan. This is Ashutosh's 3 rd movie and I personally feel
that he has a more filmi approach to movies than Mani. I think I read something
where Ashu mentions that for him , Rahman is all about background music.
Mani's style of film making is more realistic. All very real scenes. Whereas
Ashutosh is more poetic and takes a lot of cinematic liberty, allowing for more
scope for bgms. Not that I am putting one down over the other. I love both
their styles to bits but to think of it it's unfair to pick Ashu-Rahman over
Mani-Rahman when Ashu has only made 3 movies. Mani's first three movies with
Rahman had some absolutely unforgettable classics and personally are on a
different level. We'll have to give it more time to get to a conclusion and
here's hoping that we'll never find an answer to the question because they have
the potential to bowl us over every time they make a movie. I wish it would be
more frequent though. Not every two years!
----- Original Message ----
From: Pradeepan R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2008 4:28:14 PM
Subject: Re: [arr] Time now to accept ARR - Ashutosh combo as No. 1 in India -
My opinion
the reason why Ashutosh-ARR combo works well is because
CONSCIOUSLY & INTENTIONALLY Ashutosh makes the movie with plenty of scope for
BGM.
for example. consider a scene from Lagaan.
Indian batsman gets hit on the head.
Ashu intentionally shows reactions from atleast 4 or 5 characters for well over
a second, with closeup of their faces.
This definitely needs a good BGM.
another example from Swades.
SRK stares at the open sky for a few seconds upto a minute.
There HAS to be a BGM there..
with Mani, things are more casual - less cinematic (may be termed as mature).
But still ARR has lot of chances for good BGM, but not so much as the SOngs
itself.
Mani gives ARR a great chance for scoring songs - that can be heard with the
movie as well as without any idea of the Movie..
with Ashu, its more blended with the movie..
I'm not comparing Ashu & Mani , but it will be appropriate to conclude that
- Ashu will make a great director for a real 'musical'. (ARR should use him if
he plans to make a musical in India).
- Mani will make a great director for fact based, closer to life style movies.
But its too early to judge which combo is better :))
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Arijit Debnath <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
To me Mani-ARR is the best combo, nothing else matters....
Arijit
On 21/02/2008, Pravinder Sheoran <pravindersheoran@ yahoo.co. in> wrote:
Hi Guys,
After a lot lot of thinking process, i have come to the conclusion
that its time now to accept that ARR - Ashutosh combination has
surpassed ARR - Mani Ratnam combination (which has been no.1 for a
long long time now).
It may be that many times Rahman Saab composes out of the world songs
for Mani Ratnam and Mani Sir also comes out with many ground breaking
videos for A R Rahman many times.
But when it comes to be a combined effect, i think ARR and Ashutosh
give more delightful output which is best in terms of situation handling
(I mean the songs are according to the situation of the movie) without
compromising the quality and taking care of popularity as well.
Its really a tough decision though, i might be influenced by the
factor that JA has just been released and has a huge temporary effect
on my mind (Which may prove to be a permanent effect as well).
AGREE or DISAGREE?
Pravinder.
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Cheers,
Pradeepan.
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